diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index cbc2f089cb..e3391dcd0e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -7745,7 +7745,7 @@ (define-public python-docopt
     (synopsis "Command-line interface description language for Python")
     (description "This library allows the user to define a command-line
 interface from a program's help message rather than specifying it
-programatically with command-line parsers like @code{getopt} and
+programmatically with command-line parsers like @code{getopt} and
 @code{argparse}.")
     (license license:expat)))